git clean fails when there are submodules

[David Scott]

I'm using Git for source control. I have a project that recently added a submodule. Ever since it was added our CI build has been failing with this error "Source control operation failed: . Process command: C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd\git.exe clean -d -f -x".

If I login to the build server and execute the command through git-bash it doesn't give any feedback so I'm not sure why it's failing. Any ideas?

<sourcecontrol type="git">

<repository>g...@github.com:companyname/project.git</repository>

<branch>$(branch)</branch>

<autoGetSource>true</autoGetSource>

<fetchSubmodules>true</fetchSubmodules>

<executable>C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd\git.exe</executable>

<commitBuildModifications>false</commitBuildModifications>

<commitUntrackedFiles>false</commitUntrackedFiles>

<workingDirectory>c:\build\develop\project</workingDirectory>

<timeout>1800000</timeout>

</sourcecontrol>